Chapter 6: Breakfast battle of disproportionate proportions!

Disclaimer: Still own nothing. Except Chi.

No note to go here. This chapter seems to have not a lot to do with the story, but that's because the story worries more about the good guys than the bad guys. So I'm making up stuff as I go along.

Enjoy!

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After we escaped from the prison, we made our way to where a helicopter—and Mystique—were waiting for us.

"What's up with the helicopters?" I muttered to myself while Mystique pried me off of Magneto's back.

Nevertheless, we gathered inside the helicopter and took off for our secret base.

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But in fact, our "secret" base was the same base we had been using before; it was still a secret though, because no one had discovered where it was. In fact, I still had no idea where it was. Hmm.

"So when will we be going?" I asked. "In about 5 minutes?" I asked.

"No, we shall wait until tomorrow morning." Magneto informed us, walking away.

"But why...?" I asked as he walked away.

"Think about it for a minute." Mystique said darkly. "He's been beaten in prison for the last who-knows-how-long, and it must have taken a lot of energy to beak out."

"Oh. So he wants to bathe and sleep?" I asked. Mystique walked away too, as though wondering why in the world Magneto had decided to bring me.

"Somewhere in the world... Somewhere in the dark... I can hear the voice that calls my name...." I sang to myself while making my way to my room. "And it usually says 'CHI! YOU'RE IN TROUBLE!'" I laughed at my own joke.

My room was just as I had left it, surprisingly. I even checked my snacks, and it seemed that there were no mice on the island whatsoever.

Which would have made sense to me if I had thought about it. The two former residents of this island, Toad and Sabertooth, had probably eaten any kind of rodent or bug that could possibly have ever lived on this island.

"Ewwww...." I commented at the thought, and shook it aside. I was very happy to shower and change in the fresh clothing, and found myself lounging on my fuzzy black and white carpet. Sitting there, I had time to contemplate things.

"I should have said goodbye to Chu. And maybe Dil too. But I didn't steal manga from Dil, so I don't really owe him a goodbye. Chu will be mad when I never return her manga." I rolled over on to my back. "And Dil will have to e-mail the script to me. Hmm, I better get a computer. Come to think of it, it would be a good idea to go grocery shopping altogether. I don't know if there's anything good in the fridge anymore."

Shortly after that point, I decided to go to sleep, so I made my way in to my bed and fell in to a very contented sleep.

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In the morning, I woke up fairly early, changed clothing and made my way to the kitchen to check out what there was and wasn't good to eat.

There was actually a lot of food that was still good, but all the fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and milk had gone bad. With no milk, cereal wasn't exactly an option, so I decided to make ham and toast for myself.

Mystique came in while I was using my powers to defrost the ham.

"Hey." I looked up, smiling a little bit. "Do you want breakfast? I'm making ham and toast. Maybe eggs, depending on if they've gone bad yet or not."

She seemed rather surprised by the offer, and didn't reply. So I kept talking.

"By the way, I think we need to go grocery shopping again. The milk went bad, and so did all the fresh stuff. Besides that, the potatoes have taken root in the fridge."

"I was coming to make breakfast for Eric." She stated, as though trying to announce a claim over him.

"Oh. So I'll make some for him too." I replied, smiling in a conniving manner, which would be with both eyes closed in my best impression of Xellos. "You know, it's really rude to address your boss on a first names basis." I opened one eye to look at her. "Are you perhaps trying to so something... Inappropriate for a mother of two children?"

The effect wasn't quite as threatening as it would have been if I really were Xellos.

"Don't tell me you're interested in him." She asked in disgust.

"No, I'm not. I admire Magneto-sama, and because of that admiration, I can't let you soil his pure love." I answered, unwrapping the ham and putting pieces of it in to a frying pan.

"Pure love? What?" Mystique seemed completely taken aback.

"Yeah. His pure love for his wife. Aren't pathetically devoted men the best?" I sighed, setting a lid on the now-cooking ham.

"Wife?!" Now she was shocked.

"Yeah. Wife." I nodded, getting out the eggs. I broke one in to a bowl, and deciding that it hadn't gone bad, pulled out a pan to cook it in too. "By the way, do you know how Magneto-sama like eggs cooked?"

"Boiled." She answered.

"Oh. Oops." I looked at the egg I had just broken, and set it down on the counter. I put away the frying pan and go out a small pot instead. "So boiled it is."

As I went about setting up the eggs and putting the toast in the toaster, Mystique was very quiet. However, once I finished flipping over the ham, she had finally decided what to say.

"I don't believe you." She stated boldly.

"Excuse me?" I asked, looking over from where I was climbing on the counter to get down plates. The shelves were too high, so a shrimp like me couldn't reach them.

"I think you're lying about Eric being married." She said coldly.

"No, I'm not lying. Ask him yourself if you don't believe me." I said, climbing down from the counter and picking up the bowl with the broken egg in it. "I should figure out what to do with this. And besides, it's rude to address your boss on a first name basis."

"I will if I want to!" She growled, and began to dive at me. I dodged backward, sticking out the bowl of egg in front of me. Somehow, it managed to hit Mystique in the forehead while I danced away and grabbed a spatula for self-defense.

"I'm not afraid of you, old bag!" I declared striking a brave pose with the spatula, though I was in fact completely terrified.

"Snot-nosed brat!" She growled, lunging at me. I dodged again with a high pitched shriek.

"Your nose has snot in it too!" I shouted, nervously backing away. I knew I wasn't fast enough to keep dodging her; she was a martial artist.

"$@#$ &%@# *^*@#%& %@$* ^%#^$ # @& *#*$% @&#$!!!" She swore angrily, leaping at me. However, my spatula flew out of my hands and bapped her in the forehead, knocking her back.

"I'm telekinetic!" I exclaimed in wonder. However, that was not the case. The kitchen door had opened during our battle, and Magneto was standing in the doorway.

"Chi, Mystique, would one of you kindly explain to me what is going on here?" He asked in a very calm tone.

"She started it Magneto-sama! I was just making breakfast!" I exclaimed, pointing at Mystique who was getting up off the floor. She didn't say anything that I could understand, but growled something that sounded to me like another row of swear words.

"What happened?" He repeated calmly.

"Well, we were talking about your breakfast, then we talked about your pure devotion to Magda, then she got all mad and attacked me! That's what happened, really!" I said pleadingly, somewhat daring Mystique to try and change the story.

Magneto's posture stiffened, and he turned around. "I shall expect you to bring my breakfast when it's done. Mystique, leave the kitchen and trouble Chi no more."

With that, he left.

"Oops, I guess I shouldn't have hit that nerve." I shrugged and turned to Mystique. "See? Proof of what I said." I stuck my tongue out at her.

She growled and stormed out of the kitchen.

As breakfast continued to cook, a slow realization came to me.

"Heeey! I have no idea where Magneto-sama went, so how am I supposed to take breakfast to him?!"

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Yep. Call me obsessive. Hello. ^_^ I knew Mystique didn't like me... Review! ^_^ \/